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Bad landlords – three successful prosecutions

September 7, 2011 by Tessa J Shepperson

We hear a lot about the lack of prosecutions by Councils against bad landlords, so this post looks at some cases where landlords WERE prosecuted. With serious consequences for them. The cases came to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law case report Tagged With: case law, rogue landlords

Can landlords be liable to neighbours for tenants from Hell?

March 2, 2011 by Tessa J Shepperson

The topic of this blog post is similar in many ways to the post I did on Monday about nightmare co-tenants (which has attracted some great comments by the way). The neighbours from hell What do you do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis Tagged With: case law, tenants from Hell

Landlord wins compensation claim against surveyor

October 26, 2010 by Tessa J Shepperson

I was interested to see in the  Observer on Sunday, a report about Emmett Scullion, a buy-to-let landlord, who has won £72,000 compensation from a surveyor who overestimated the rental income the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News and comment Tagged With: case law

What is the common law?

September 18, 2010 by Tessa J Shepperson

Law is a funny old thing and surprisingly vague and imprecise a lot of the time. I often get people emailing me with a problem and saying "What is the law which covers that?".  The answer to which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis Tagged With: case law, common law tenancies

The Free Legal Web – putting the law online

August 1, 2010 by Tessa J Shepperson

The law on the web For a long time Nick Holmes together with quite a large number of people from the legal profession have been developing an online source of free legal information, termed the Free … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News and comment Tagged With: case law, general legal, legal IT

Another room, another tenancy

July 12, 2010 by Tessa J Shepperson

A recent case reported in Legal Action Magazine serves to remind us that tenants who rent a room in a shared house and change rooms, are also starting a completely new tenancy. Pilakoutas v. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law case report Tagged With: case law, devious tenants, HMOs, possession claims

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